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Ruth run : a novel
by Elizabeth Kaufman
Twenty-six-year-old cybercriminal Ruth exploited a hacked
microchip to rob banks for five years until she was discovered.
Now she and her dog must race through California and the West
to avoid the slew of government agents on her tail.
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I see you've called in dead : a novel
by John Kenney
Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes,
his wife recently left him for a 'far more interesting' man. Yes,
he goes on a particularly awful blind date with a woman who
brings her ex. And yes, he has too many glasses of Scotch one
night and proceeds to pen and publish his own obituary. The
newspaper wants to fire him. But now the company's system
has him listed as dead.
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Audition
by Katie. Kitamura
An elegant actress meets a troubled young man at a Manhattan
lunch, sparking a complex relationship that challenges their identities
in their personal and professional lives, in the new novel from the
author of A Separation of Intimacies.
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The unhoneymooners
by Christina Lauren
Partnered with a nemesis best man on a paradise honeymoon
when her bride twin gets food poisoning, a chronically unlucky
maid of honor assumes the role of a newlywed before
unexpectedly falling for her companion.
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Vanishing world : a novel
by Sayaka Murata
In an alternate Japan where sex between married couples is
taboo and procreation relies on artificial insemination, Amane
wrestles with her unconventional desires and joins her husband
in a utopian Experiment City, where communal parenting and
artificial pregnancies redefine life.
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The cat who saved the library : a novel
by Såosuke Natsukawa
Nanami loves to read and happily spends much of her free time in
the library, cocooned among the stacks. Then one day, Nanami
notices that, despite the library being as deserted as ever, some
of her favorite books...are disappearing from the shelves. When
she alerts the library staff, they dismiss her concerns...That's when
Tiger, the talking tabby cat who saves books, comes to the rescue.
Are Nanami and Tiger prepared to face the dangerous challenges
that lie ahead?
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The dream hotel : a novel
by Laila Lalami
After a dream-analysis algorithm predicts that she will harm her husband, Sara is detained in a facility with similarly accused
women. Here she navigates shifting rules until a new arrival leads
her to confront the forces controlling her fate.
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Guatemalan rhapsody : stories
by Jared Lemus
A collection of stories where characters each face pivotal choices
that test their loyalties. These include orphaned brothers posing as highway robbers, a tattoo artist competing for love and a self-styled
Don Juan caught in a film crew's upheaval.
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Elphie : a Wicked childhood
by Gregory Maguire
Describes the coming of age story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of
the West, as she is molded by her promiscuous mother and her
pious father, becomes jealous of her siblings and encounters mistreatment of the animal populations of Oz.
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Beach vibes
by Susan Mallery
Beth's idyllic life running her Malibu beach shop unravels when
she discovers her brother's infidelity and must make a moral
decision threatening her newfound happiness and forcing her to
choose between love and loyalty.
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My Friends
by Hisham Matar
One evening, as a young boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled hears
a bizarre short story read aloud on the radio, about a man being
eaten alive by a cat, and has the sense that his life has been
changed forever. Obsessed by the power of those words—and
by their enigmatic author, Hosam Zowa—Khaled eventually
embarks on a journey that will take him far from home, to
pursue a life of the mind at the University of Edinburgh.
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Twist : a novel
by Colum McCann
Irish journalist Anthony Fennell investigates the human cost of
fiber-optic cable repair on Africa's west coast. He joins a mysterious engineer and free-diver as their mission at sea reveals personal and global fractures, forcing them to confront love, loss and the fragile connections that bind them.
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Wild dark shore
by Charlotte McConaghy
On a remote island near Antarctica, the Salt family's fragile
existence is upended by the arrival of Rowan, a mysterious
woman who washes ashore during a storm. Her arrival forces
them to confront rising dangers and the hope of rebuilding trust
amidst isolation and loss.
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Queen Macbeth : a novel
by Val McDermid
An electric reimagining of one of Shakespeare's most celebrated tragedies delivers an illuminating portrait of Shakespeare's most
famous villain, and the treacherous pursuit of ambition that made
her legendary.
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Ward D
by Freida McFadden
Medical student Amy Brenner's dreaded overnight shift on Ward D
spirals into a nightmare as patients and staff mysteriously vanish,
forcing her to confront buried secrets and the escalating danger
within the locked psychiatric ward.
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Red Dog Farm
by Nathaniel Ian Miller
After a semester at university in Reykjavik, Orri returns to help
his father Pabbi run the family's cattle farm. However, when Orri
meets part-time student Mihan online and their connection deepens,
he must decide if he wants to return to university, or find a possible future with Mihan.
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Jane and Dan at the end of the world
by Colleen Oakley
While celebrating their anniversary at La Fin du Monde, unhappy
couple Jane and Dan find themselves taken hostage by bumbling
climate activists whose actions are eerily similar to those in
Jane's failed novel, so only they know what will happen and how
to stop it.
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At Dark, I Become Loathsome
by Eric Larocca
Struggling to overcome his own endless grief, one night Ashley
finds connection with Jinx--a potential candidate for Ashley's
next ritual. Jinx spins a tale both revolting and fascinating.
Thus begins a relationship that traps the two men in an
ever-tightening spiral of painful revelations, where long-hidden
secrets are dragged, kicking and screaming, into the light.
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Every Tom, Dick & Harry : a novel
by Elinor Lipman
Emma Lewis reluctantly takes over her parents' estate-sale
business, facing her quirkiest job yet involving clearing a
scandalous B&B. As she navigates its colorful clients, she
discovers unexpected paths to fulfillment and happiness.
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A killing cold
by Kate Alice Marshall
When Theodora Scott visits her fiancé's secluded family estate,
she uncovers eerie ties to her forgotten childhood, She unravels
a deadly secret the powerful Daltons will stop at nothing to protect,
even if it puts her life at risk.
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Famous last words : a novel
by Gillian McAllister
Returning to work, new mom Camilla's life is upended when she
learns her husband is the gunman in a London hostage crisis.
This leaves her to decipher his cryptic goodbye note and make
a critical choice.
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The dollhouse academy
by Margarita Montimore
At the secretive Dollhouse Academy, a famed performer's diary
reveals sinister truths as two aspiring stars navigate intense
rivalries, unsettling threats, and the dark underpinnings of their
dream institution, forcing them to uncover the academy's hidden
cost before it's too late.
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Been wrong so long it feels like right
by Walter Mosley
Detective King Oliver fulfills his grandmother's dying wish to
reunite with his estranged father while also protecting a missing
woman and her daughter from a powerful billionaire, in the third
novel of the series following Every Man a King.
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We all live here
by Jojo Moyes
Lila Kennedy juggles a broken marriage, rebellious daughters,
a crumbling house, and an elderly stepfather. When her estranged
father unexpectedly shows up after thirty-five years, it forces
her to confront unresolved feelings and discover unexpected
lessons about love and family amidst her chaotic life.
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Harlem rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray
In 1919 Harlem, literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset is at the
forefront of a Black cultural renaissance. She discovers talents
like Langston Hughes and Nella Larsen, but her ambition and a
secret affair with W.E.B. Du Bois threaten her legacy.
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The garden : a novel
by Nick Newman
Elderly sisters Evelyn and Lily live in isolation within a walled
garden, tending to their secluded home, until the discovery of a mysterious boy hiding nearby disrupts their routine and forces
them to confront dark truths about themselves and their isolated existence.
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Robert Ludlum's the Bourne vendetta
by Brian Freeman
When a hacked database known as the Files upends the
intelligence community careers are destroyed and assassinations
are spreading from Europe to the U.S. Treadstone sends Jason
Bourne to get or destroy the Files. In a further complication, the
Chinese or the Russians, and Bourne's ex-lover, treacherous spy Johanna, may be the only one who can help him.
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Elita : a novel
by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
Elita takes us on the mysterious mission of a scholar of child development who journeys to a remote island in hopes of
solving the case of Atalanta, a silent, wild girl living in the
woods near a penitentiary.
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The crash
by Freida McFadden
Eight months pregnant and abandoned by her baby's father,
Tegan embarks on a desperate journey to her brother's house
during a storm, only to crash and find herself at the mercy of
a remote couple with potentially sinister intentions.
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Death of the author
by Nnedi Okorafor
A disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful
Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the
narrative.
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